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Publication Date: 2022
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Buffered Mobility: Parenting Strategies of Religious Jewish Global Middle Class Families
Mizrachi, Maayan; Maxwell, Claire; Yemini, Miri
Education Inquiry, v13 n2 p205-225 2022
This study adds to the emerging body of literature on parental practices and trajectories of globally mobile middle-class families, by focusing on families belonging to diverse religious Jewish communities. Through an interview-based, in-depth analysis of three internationally mobile families representing various Jewish religious factions, we illustrate the complex matrix of inter-relations between mobility, religion, and parenting. Our analysis shows that a mobile lifestyle offers these Jewish religious families a liberating encounter, but that parents work to maintain their religious links while simultaneously securing the necessary advantages middle-class families generally aspire to. We found that religion plays an important role in social reproduction of these particular mobile families, acting as a buffer to reduce the uncertainty and shock integral to regular mobility. Furthermore, we illuminate how various forms of religiosity are reproduced through different strategies across the participating families.
Descriptors: Jews, Judaism, Middle Class, Role of Religion, Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Mobility, Religious Factors, Parent Attitudes, Life Style, Global Approach
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